Arc B580 vs GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data88.34
Power efficiencyno data13.92
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Xe2 (2024)
GPU code nameGP104BMG-G21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12802560
Core clock speed1506 MHz2670 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz2670 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7427.2
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs80160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mm272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s456.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.4
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 190 Watt

GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X has 58.3% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Arc B580. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
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